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  • By Andrew Warfield |
  • August 3, 2022
Sarasota Cops Corner: Dog days of summer

Police reports from around Sarasota.

  • Sarasota
  • Cops Corner
Maricarmen Romero-Vazmina and Chairwoman Kathy Schersten
  • By Kayleigh Omang |
  • February 15, 2019
St. Jude Catholic Church celebrates with annual gala

One World, One Family Gala was held Feb. 15 at Michael's On East.

  • Black Tie
Logan Wright.
  • By Ryan Kohn |
  • January 10, 2022
East County Athlete of the Week: Logan Wright

The Lakewood Ranch wrestler talks being recruited to the team and his love of dinosaurs

  • East County
  • Sports
Preliminary plans for MainView of Sarasota call for ground-floor retail, two stories of parking and seven floors of condominiums. Image via city of Sarasota.
  • By David Conway |
  • June 3, 2021
Developer plans mixed-use tower on Main Street

The city has received a preliminary application for a 10-story, 36-unit condo building east of U.S. 301.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Contractors are building new outside lanes for University Parkway between Market Street and Cooper Creek Boulevard. Some time over the summer, traffic will shift to those lanes as construction crews build new inside lanes on University Parkway.
  • By Pam Eubanks |
  • May 19, 2016
Project completion still set in concrete

I-75-University Parkway project running on time and budget.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • January 21, 2010
Wagner Realty announces new LBK branch manager, agents

The company decided to partially merge the staffs of its Longboat Key and West Manatee offices.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Project Manager Tom Rees, President Jack Cox and Vice President of Operations Reed Giasson have lined up interesting projects for 2017.
  • By Jay Heater |
  • January 5, 2017
Halfacre not bugged by unusual projects

Lakewood Ranch builder lands interesting projects for 2017.

  • East County
  • News
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • April 8, 2010
IPOC addresses code changes

Islandside Property Owners Coalition President Bob White says the coalition believes the Planning and Zoning Board's decision to change codes 'was inappropriate and ill considered.'

  • Longboat Key
  • News
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • April 8, 2010
IPOC addresses code changes

Islandside Property Owners Coalition President Bob White says the coalition believes the Planning and Zoning Board's decision to change codes 'was inappropriate and ill considered.'

  • Sarasota
  • News
Models Patricia Harper, Nancy Morgans (top), Anastasia Tess Magoulas (bottom), Christine Nichols-Brown, coordinator Eloise Eckler, and models Ellen Hunt, Joan Clowser, and Kathleen Link, gather together during dinner.
  • By Ian Swaby |
  • May 27, 2022
Sparkle on the Runway entertains River Strand residents in Bradenton

The fashion show benefits the Manatee County Food Bank.

  • East County
  • Neighbors
The twin murals, of a surgical masked man and a woman, were undertaken on April 28. An official unveiling took place May 15.
  • By Eric Garwood |
  • May 18, 2020
Downtown Sarasota murals tell heroic story

Health care workers honored with pair of paintings downtown.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
The Longboat Key Club in March converted tennis courts near the marina next to Portofino Ristorante & Bar into four pickleball courts.
  • By Eric Garwood |
  • October 29, 2019
Town moves ahead on adding pickleball references to building standards

Town Commissioners back off pursuit of specific noise rules.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Moore's Stone Crab Restaurant co-owner Alan Moore holds up a stone crab at the start of season in October. (File photo)
  • By Robin Hartill |
  • May 15, 2014
Stone crab season closes today

The seven-month season was slower than usual for the second consecutive year.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
Troopers Ryan Dwyer and Alec Ritter of the Florida Highway Patrol's Central Region Honor Guard lead the casket of Trooper Joseph Bullock into Bayside Community Church Feb. 13.
  • By Jay Heater |
  • February 19, 2020
Trooper's funeral in Lakewood Ranch stirs emotions, thoughts

Bayside Community Church in Lakewood Ranch hosts trooper's funeral.

  • East County
  • Opinion
  • By Kurt Schultheis |
  • March 17, 2010
Longboat Key Club submits suggested code revisions

The Longboat Key Club and Resort submitted a list of seven clarifications to the town's zoning code on Tuesday.

  • Longboat Key
  • News
The sand fill work on Lido Key is progressing north toward the Lido Beach pavilion.
  • By David Conway |
  • October 14, 2020
Another judge rejects challenge to Big Pass dredge

The group Save our Siesta Sand 2 failed to convince a district court that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers did not thoroughly consider the environmental impacts of the project.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Decals still identify the Payne Park Auditorium as office space for the landscape division of the parks and recreation department, but the city has relocated trucks and other equipment from the site.
  • By David Conway |
  • May 13, 2021
Truck parking at Payne Park causes dust-up

Residents complained after the city’s parks department turned the Payne Park Auditorium into office space, so staff relocated vehicles from the property.

  • Sarasota
  • News
Jennifer Linzy, the clerk's office public information officer, wants to give the Jacksons out if only people will claim them. (Photo by Jay Heater)
  • By Jay Heater |
  • August 2, 2022
Deadline nears on collecting unclaimed funds from Manatee County clerk's office

The Manatee County Clerk of Court labors to find citizens who are owed $28,251.21 in court-related fees.

  • East County
  • News
Director of Transportation Jason Harris said the buses can travel up to 135 miles on one charge with zero emissions.
  • By Brynn Mechem |
  • February 11, 2021
District will replace 12 diesel buses with electric models

The buses will be funded in large part by a grant from the Florida Department of Environmental Protection.

  • Sarasota
  • Schools
  • By Nat Kaemmerer |
  • April 8, 2022
St. Mary, Star of the Sea, Catholic Church installs new officers

The new leaders were made official during a special mass and celebrated at a lunch.

  • Longboat Key
  • Neighbors
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